Skip to content
Throwing the Bowlines

Throwing the Bowlines

Dream. Explore. Discover.

Menu
  • Home
  • About
    • Meet Amy
    • Leaving Footprints
  • Planning
    • Pre-Trip
    • Gear
    • Monthly Summaries
    • Where in the World?
    • Bucket List
  • Destinations
    • Asia
      • Borneo
      • Cambodia
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Nepal
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Australia
    • Europe
      • Croatia
      • Turkey
    • North America
    • Oceania
      • New Zealand
      • Cook Islands
  • Travel Tips
    • Inspiration
    • 50 Strands of Gray
  • Contact
Menu

Category: About

Travel Sacrifices: Leaving my Best Friend

Posted on April 24, 2014April 30, 2014 by Amy

A life of travel does not come without its sacrifices.  I gave up a lot in order to fulfill my dream of traveling around the world. I resigned from my job I held for 9 year, sold my home I owned for 6.5 years, and sold all of my possessions. None of these decisions were…

Read more

Meet Amy

Posted on December 8, 2013May 28, 2014 by Amy

Hi!  I am Amy.  Born and raised in the Midwest.  The Ohio State University alum (Go Buckeyes!).  Moved to Colorado with no job and no friends, but determined to succeed.  Managed to make it…have lived in Denver, Colorado for the last 10 years.  Worked as a Program Manager and in Business Development for a government…

Read more

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain
© 2026 Throwing the Bowlines | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme